Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3627706/?format=api
{ "id": 3627706, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627706/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T08:44:28-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710702.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-b5297fe8-70de-38a1-93a3-f8ab4925a682/mbid-b5297fe8-70de-38a1-93a3-f8ab4925a682-9106652041_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710702.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-b5297fe8-70de-38a1-93a3-f8ab4925a682/mbid-b5297fe8-70de-38a1-93a3-f8ab4925a682-9106652041_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Cult of Personality", "track_id": "bfe013c5-f216-335d-b2bc-f977419df856", "recording_id": "e106d2a8-ef16-4805-b0d5-e3ca818a464d", "artist": "Living Colour", "artist_ids": [ "dc6f8c1f-626b-42b0-9115-7e66ae4cecd6" ], "album": "Vivid", "release_id": "b5297fe8-70de-38a1-93a3-f8ab4925a682", "release_group_id": "8ce498ba-26f5-3ea9-b499-9007212ae269", "labels": [ "Epic" ], "label_ids": [ "8f638ddb-131a-4cc3-b3d4-7ebdac201b55" ], "release_date": "1988-09-18", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "A \"cult of personality\" is when a political or religious leader is exalted, allowing that person to lead with unquestioned authority. This leader is often charismatic and authoritarian; examples include Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, and Kim Jong-Un. They're dangerous because they can get away with anything; they can tell their people that one and one makes three, and will be believed (or at least acquiesced).\n\nIn this song, it's US president Ronald Reagan with the cult of personality. He was in his last year in office in 1988 when the song was released.\n--Songfacts (https://tinyurl.com/yeymha92)", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }